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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANSON N. SALISBURY AND LOUIE M. BRAGKETT, OF CLARENDON, NEW YORK.

WAGON -BODY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Application filed March 27,1907- Serial No. 364,927.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANsoN N. SALISBURY and LOUIE M. BRACKETT, citizens of the United States, residing at Clarendon, in the county of Orleans and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Wagon-Body, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wagon bodies and its object is to provide a device of this character having a series of attachments whereby the same may be readily converted from an ordinary platform for drawing crates, etc., into a hay rack, a barrel or fodder rack, a stock rack, or an ordinary wagon box or body.

A still further object is to provide such a device which is simple and durable in construction, and the parts of which can be readily assembled in desired relation.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure l is a plan view showing the parts assembled for use as a barrel or fodder rack, one of the side panels being detached from the bottom; Fig. 2 is a section through one side portion of the body with the parts in position shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is an end view of the wagon body showing the parts assembled for use as a stock rack; Fig. 4 is a section on line xx, Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a detail view of a standard for use when the body is employed as a hay rack.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 is the bottom of the body, the same being provided at regular intervals with cross strips 2 arranged upon the lower surface thereof, and constituting reinforcing means. These strips all rest upon the longitudinal beams 3 which extend under the body and are con-,

nected at theirends by end strips 4. These longitudinal and end strips constitute a supporting frame for the bottom 1 and said bottom is secured to the end strips 4 preferably by means of bolts 5 which extend through the end portions of the bottom. Secured upon the outer face of each end cross strip is a retaining strap 6 preferably formed of metal and spaced from the cross strip in any preferred manner so as to receive upright members such as will be hereinafter described. The front end of the bottom 1 has recesses 7 therein disposed directly above the space between this retaining strip and cross strip 2 and the rear end of the bottom 1 has openings 8 which are similarly positioned above the rear retaining strap 6 and the adjoining cross strip 2. In the drawings only one of these retaining straps has been shown. It is to be understood that one is located at each end of the body. The bottom 1 is provided near the rear end thereof with upstanding boxes 9 into which the rear wheels of the wagon are designed to extend. Openings 10 are formed in the bottom preferably between these boxes and also adjacent the front end of the bottom and are designed to receive stanchions or stakes, not shown, when the body is to be used as a platform. Formed within the upper surface of the bottom 1 at the side edges thereof are recesses 11 into each of which extends an eye 12 formed in one end of a hinge leaf 13 which is secured upon the bottom. The eyes are preferably so proportioned as not to project above the plane occupied by the upper surface of the bottom of the body.

When it is desired to use the body as an ordinary platform a front frame is placed in position upon the front of the base, said frame consisting of uprights 14 connected by cross strips 15 which are fastened on the outer faces thereof, while the lower ends of these uprights project through the notches 7 and between the retaining strap 6 and the front cross strip 2. Each of, the uprights 14 has a shoulder 16 designed to bear upon the retaining strap so as to limit the downward movement of the front frame. The front panel 17 of the wagon body is fastened in any preferred manner to the inner faces of the uprights 14 and constitutes a permanent part of the front frame of the wagon body. This panel has fastening devices such as hooks 18 connected to the end portions thereof. It is obvious that when this front frame and its panel 17 are the only parts projecting outward from the base 1 the body can be used as a platform for carrying crates, etc.

Should it be desired to use the body as a hay rack two frames similar to the one described are provided, one being placed upon each end of the base 1 in the same manner as shown in Fig. 3, and a standard such as shown in Fig. 5 is placed imposition upon each of these frames. Each standard is made up of longitudinal beams 19 connected by cross strips 20 and the lower portion of each standard is designed to be inserted between the uprights 14, panel 17 and cross strips 15. Side panels 21 are utilized, said panels being of the same length as the bottom 1 and of the same height as the end panels 17 and secured upon the inner faces of the side panels at regular intervals are hinge leaves 22 having lugs 23 projecting from the ends thereof and pro vided with pintles 24. The end portions of these side panels have angular plates 25 secured to the outer faces thereof andprojecting from the panels, the inwardly projecting ends of these plates being provided with eyes 26. Reinforcing strips 27 are disposed upon the outer face of each side panel and have their lower ends enlarged and beveled and designed to bear against the ends of the cross strips 2, as shown particularly in Fig. 2 and support the side panels in inclined positions. The lugs 23 are adapted to be placed within the recesses 11 so that the pintles 24 will aline with the eyes 12. The side panels are then shifted laterally so as to force the pintles into the eyes, whereuponsaid side panels can be swung upward and fastened to the front and rear panels by means of the hooks 18 and the eyes 26. A wagon box will thus be produced and the beams 19 can be removed from the front panels.

Should it be desired to utilize the wagon body as a barrel or fodder rack, the side panels 21 are provided with extensions consisting of parallel slats 28, the end portions of which are connected by parallel strips 29 disposed upon opposite faces of the slats and projecting therebeyond so as to straddle the side panels. At de sired intervals additional strips 30 are fastened to opposite faces of these slats and are designed to bear against opposite faces of the side panels so that the extensions will be securely held by the side panels and can be easily slipped out of engagement therewith. Each of these extensions has an angular plate 31 fastened to the upper portion thereof adjacent one end, said plates being extended through the ends of the upper slats and having eyes 32 designed to be engaged by hooks 33 located upon the ends of chains 34. In addition to the extensions for the side panels, the front and rear panels are also provided with extensions made up of uprights 35 connected by slats 3G. The lower ends of the uprights project beyond the slats and are designed to be inserted between the panels 17 and the strips 15 and between the respective uprights 14, as has been shown in Fig. 3. The upper ends of the uprights 35 are connected by brace strips 37 having eyes 38 in the ends thereof adapted to be engaged by hooks 39. hooks 39 and by disconnecting the hooks 18 from the eyes 26 the side panels and the extensions can be swung outward and supported at an incline by the chains 34. This construction has been shown in Figs. 1 and 2 although it will be seen that in Fig. 1 one of the side panels is disconnected from the bottom 1 to show the construction and arrangement of the lugs and pintles 23 and 24 respectively.

To use the wagon body as a stock rack the side panels and their extensions are swung upward against the The chains 34 detachably engage theseend panels and their extensions, and the hooks 18 are placed in engagement with the eyes 26. The chains are also disconnected from the eyes 32 and said eyes are engaged by hooks 40 connected to the upper portions of the front and rear extensions. A stock rack of considerable height is thus formed in which live stock can be easily transported without danger of escape. It will be seen that the extensions of the front, rear, and side panels can be readily moved inasmuch as they merely rest by gravity in engagement therewith. The wagon body Will be found very eflicient because of the many uses to which it may be put by providing the small number of attachments which have been 'described and shown.

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle body comprising a bottom having recesses in one end thereof, a retaining strip, uprights insertible into the recesses and between the bottom and retaining strip, said uprights having shoulders disposed to bear upon the retaining strip, and a front panel connecting the uprights.

2. In a vehicle body the combination with a bottom having side recesses, and fixed hinge members within the recesses; of side panels, angular hinge members connected thereto and disposed to pivotally engage the fixed hinge members, said recesses constituting means for guiding the angular hinge members into engagement with the fixed members.

In a vehicle body the combination with a bottom having side recesses and an eye within each recess; of a side panel, lugs projecting therebeyond, pintles upon the lugs, said recesses constituting guides for directing the pintles into the eyes', cross strips upon the bottom, means upon the side panel for bearing against the cross strips to support the panel in inclined position, end panels, and separate means for supporting the side panel in an inclined position from the end panel and for locking said side panel to the end panel.

in testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

ANSON N. SALISBURY. LOUIE M. BRACKETT. Witnesses N. E. DowNs, W. E. l'limsnn. 

